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As an executive and business coach, Shirley Dalton encourages her clients to “take massive action” toward creating their ideal lifestyle. What might that mean for you? Shirley suggests “Three D’s” as a guiding framework: Decide, Declare, and Do. She clarifies, “Massive action can just be a decision. On […]

“I don’t recognize the guy in the mirror,” says top-ranked middleweight boxer Daniel “The Honey Badger” Hayes. Hayes came out of a winning fight on December 3, 2016 with a fractured left hand that required surgery five days later. “It’s tough to look in the mirror because I’m used to […]

“I’m still going through withdrawal from football. The transition was life changing. I wasn’t expecting to do what I ended up doing,” remarks former professional arena football player Amir Madison. Amir was a defensive back with the Bloomington Edge, in the Northeast Division of Champions Indoor Football. At the age […]

“I don’t know if you’re going to win, but I know you’ll come out of this a better fighter.” Those were the words of professional boxer Mehdi Abidi to his friend Daniel Hayes, just before a Golden Gloves (amateur boxing) tournament. Hayes went on to win the tournament and became […]

How can you grow and even flourish through circumstances that require you to reconstruct your identity, life vision, and mission? Dave Sanderson offers a compelling example. He’s one of the 155 survivors of the widely publicized January 2009 “Miracle on The Hudson,” during which acclaimed pilot Chesley Sullenberger glided US […]

As an elementary school-aged kid, I learned how to ride a bike. My father held the back of the seat and ran as I pedaled. He let go, and seconds later I fell, blood dripping from my knee. “Get back on” my father encouraged. I did, and eventually graduated from […]

On July 6, 2016, during the men’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Marin Cilic is ahead at 7/6 and 6/4 to Roger Federer’s 6/3 in the third set. In a fourth set tiebreaker, Cilic is at match point, three times. Federer pulls out aces and a winning volley that shifts the momentum, […]

Reaching a “Dead End,” or Planning to “Turn the Page” In hosting an episode about informed end of life decision-making on my Internet radio show, “Turn the Page,” I was intrigued with the idea that how you die is an extension and reflection of how you live. My guest, Judy […]

The Kabbalah states that sickness may serve as a bridge in two directions, from life to death and death to life. The option of a passage from death to life is a chance to return stronger and healthier than before, to be reborn, alive once more. The teachings go so […]

Are conditions in your company or marketplace changing, such that your work has become more depleting than energizing? Shifts that happen in your environment often coincide with changes that take place within you, like your need and desire to grow, or to better balance your work and personal investments. Having provided performance, […]